It was a rainy April day in Prague, few people mingled in the usually crowed streets. Among them walked an oddly dressed young man, whom a few tourists swore was a living history actor.
The young man was in actuality the genius Nikola Tesla, inventor of alternating current and the mastermind behind the worlds electric grids. Naturally this genius had little to do if he was wandering the streets of Prague without an assault by the abnormal hoarding Cabal. Normally Nikola's mind would be filled with various plots to resurrect the pure blooded vampires and take over the world.
But that rainy April day his head was filled only with Helen Magnus. She had refused his feelings in favor of John Druitt. That useless druid had claimed beaten him to the one prize he truly desired. Nikola reasoned with himself that Helen was truly only a distraction from his work, while his heart told him that Helen was the key to making his plans come to fruition.
Tesla was removed from this thought process by a scream. He ran towards what appeared to be the source to find a young woman being mugged by three young men with stockings pulled over their faces.
"You lot!" he yelled, "Get away from here". Nikola's eyes leaked from a iced grey to inky black, his nails began to elongate, and the air around him crackled with electricity.
The men saw this and ran fearing that Nikola was undead. And he technically was, but that fact was beside the point. The girl simply collapsed into a puddle of rainwater, still overwhelmed by what had just occurred. Nikola walked to her and helped her up.
"May I know the name of my rescuer?" the girl asked first in Czech then again in English.
"My name is Nikola, now can we move the conversation to a place that isn't as wet?" he responded. The girl nodded her head and with Nikola's help lifted herself out of the puddle.
Nikola led her back to the hotel he was staying at under an assumed name. She marveled at the hotel's splendor and began to wonder how a man so young could afford a room in this marvelous hotel. Nikola looked backed at the girl and smiled. He was used to people being amazed with his lifestyle. His room was no less stunning, it was one of the larger suites with a canopied king sized bed, and Jacuzzi tub in the marble covered bathroom.
"Now I believe introductions are in order." Nikola said sitting down in the wing-back chair near the cherry wood Armour.
The girl looked hesitantly at Nikola, "So, this is normal for you, bringing strange women to your hotel room?" she asked avoiding his eyes.
"Only one in need of assistance and I do make a habit of learning their names." Nikola answered his eyes narrowing, "now you know my name, I would like very much to know yours."
He looked her over for the first time that evening. She reminded him of Helen Magnus in many ways. She had mid back length brown hair, and a short yet full figure. The only differences were her green eyes, that reminded him of emeralds.
"I'm Alice, Alice O'Connell," she said.
"So Alice, why don't you get cleaned up and I'll see if the hotel has any dry clothes you can wear. Alice nodded and headed to the bathroom with her eye on the tub. As she left Nikola called the front desk to request some ladies clothes be brought up. Once he was down he lay back on the bed and wondered what he had done saving Alice.
Normally he would have kept walking ignoring human beings, but something about her. He was drawn out of his thoughts for the second times that night by a knock at the door. There was one of the housekeeping staff with a pile of clothes in their arms. He took the clothes, and thanked the women before closing the door. As he set the clothes down on the bed he heard the bathroom door open and Alice stood there in a terry cloth robe beet red.
"I'm sorry, I thought you might have gone out," Alice stammered. Nikola snickered.
"That's alright, I'm just going to enjoy the view for a while,". Alice turned an even deeper shade of red and Nikola's snicker turned into a full blown laugh.
"Stop laughing." she shouted out him. He kept at it, looking square at her face. He noticed the light red color leaking into her irises.
"Calm down I was only joking," Nikola said walking over to Alice handing her the clothes. "Now get dressed," he whispered into her ears.
Alice walked back into the bathroom with the pile of clothing and place it on the counter before staring at her reflection in the mirror. Her eyes were returning to their normal greenish color. She hated herself when this happened. It was like she was her own version of the Hulk. When she got angry, she blew up, most of the time the focus of her anger didn't survive.
But now she was just confused, this handsome man had rescued her. This brown haired, grey eyed, enigma had chosen to help her. She knew that she didn't deserve to be saved at she inspected herself. Her brown hair lay flat for the first time in months and the roots were still blood red. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and put on the clothes. She looked at her reflection and was stunned. Only at a hotel this posh would they bring up a negligee to sleep in and a sun dress for the next day.
Nikola looked away from the newly turned on TV when the bathroom door opened again. Alice emerged in the robe obviously uncomfortable with whatever clothes had been brought for her.
"Can I see," he asked testing the waters.
"Absolutely not," she stammered.
"Again with the shyness, let me see," Nikola said moving closer to Alice.
\"I hardly know you, so no," she answered pulling the robe closer to herself.
"My name is Nikola Tesla, I'm `144 years old, and I'm half vampire." he said moving closer to her. Alice stared at him as he moved so close she could feel his breath on her cheek.
"Okay, say I believe you, now what?" she asked placing her hand on his cheek to move his face a safer distance from her.
"So, now I get to hear about you, because after you share we'll know each other and I'll get to see under that robe you're wearing." Nikola whispered intent on watching the ever changing shade of her face. Alice paled this time as to changing shades of red.
"You know my name isn't that enough?" she asked in such a whisper that Tesla had no choice but to lean in again.
"No, I told you the truth, now I want to hear yours, or you might just become my dinner," he answered allowing his teeth to elongate and look menacing. Once again Alice moved her hand gently to his face and pushed it farther away from herself.
"As long as you never tell anyone..." she trailed off walking to sit on the side of the king sized bed. Nikola nodded and moved to sit down in the wing backed chair once more.
"You already know my name is Alice O'Connell, I'm approximately 24 years old, and if you believe it, I'm what they call an elemental." she said turning her gaze from that of Nikola.
"So you're an abnormal?" he questioned.
"Not entirely, technically I'm a witch from the British Wizarding Community who happens to have extra abilities." Alice said moving her hands as she talked, "And I will have you know I just broke about five laws by telling you that.
Nikola stared at her. "What you're a bloody vampire, is it so crazy to think there are witches and wizards out there?" Alice asked before throwing herself back on the bed.
Nikola continued to stare at this girl. Helen would like to have her, but right now he wasn't in the mood to give his new plaything over to her.
"So if you're part of this wizarding society, why are you here?" Nikola asked deciding one more probe would be okay.
"I'm different, that bigoted world doesn't like different. Its a place where elementals are seen to be lower than even vampires." Alice said staring at the ceiling trying to count the number of times. Nikola sat there and stared at her. A few minutes later he realized that Alice had fallen asleep on top of the sheets. Nikola Tesla, the anti-humanity electric vampire felt something toward the girl.
Alice woke up under the soft sheets of the bed. She groaned and rolled over desperate to block out the sunlight.
"Alice, you need to get up before housekeeping gets the wrong idea," a smooth male voice whispered in her ear. Alice rolled over to see Nikola leaning over her with another of those sly smirks on his face.
"I'm afraid that they already have the wrong idea." she answered sitting up slowly. A chill blew past her arms and she shivered.
"You pervert!" she yelled. Nikola smiled softly, he'd definitely be keeping her around.
A/N: Thank you all, read and review please, flames unwanted but welcome. I sort of want to know if I should keep working on this idea...-Fiona